IBM Digital Supply Chain Transformation Leader (A.I., Analytics and Quantum), IBM Singapore
Julian SK Tan is the AP leader for IBM Supply Chain Transformation. He has a strong passion for harnessing AI and Industry 4 technologies in building Next-Gen Supply Chain capabilities. Over the course of his career, he has held several technical and management leadership roles, such as Semiconductor and Electronics technology qualification, Supplier Management, New Product Introduction and Quality. He is also IBM’s SEA Quantum Business Dev Executive since 2018.
He was named the Global 2017 Frost & Sullivan (F&S) Visionary Leadership Award recipient, and 2018 F&S Transformation award for his work around artificial intelligence in the quality practice, which also contributed to IBM being named 2018 F&S Large Enterprise Manufacturer of the Year Award.
He travels extensively to speak at conferences, is a committee member in SemiconSEA’s Smart Manufacturing council, owns 8 patents around technology and analytics, and has also published 9 technical papers. He is a recognized IBM Outstanding People Manager and is also IBM 2021 Recognition Experience Honoree.
Presentation Title: The Advancements of Quantum Computing and What this Means for Cybersecurity
We are progressing through the Quantum Decade, the decade when enterprises begin to see business value from quantum computing—once viewed as a futuristic technology that would change everything, if it ever moved from the fantastical to the practical. This technology is widely expected to solve valuable problems that are unsolvable using any known methods on classical supercomputers.
At the same time, rapidly scaling quantum computers will soon be powerful enough to break some of the world’s most widely-used security protocols. “Harvest now, decrypt later” attacks could enable adversaries to steal and store encrypted files until more advanced quantum computers emerge. All data – past, present and future, that is not protected using quantum-safe security is now a liability.
This talk will explore the latest advances of Quantum technologies, and how enterprises can start to prepare for the threats and opportunities for their business.